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<I was just sick, I'm still in
shock. I don't know what to
think right now Im sick> Karen
Robison took some time Tuesday
night to visit the site where
her best friend's child died.
A water filled culvert on a
rural road just south of
Osceola.
<no one every
wants their best friend to go
out like thatits really
crappy,,,sorry> Edgar Porras
lost his best friend here too.
19 year old Jessie Robinson, 16
year old Elaina Critz and 16
year old Lauran Barker died when
their red honda swerved off the
gravel road, hit a tree and
flipped into the ravin
<its just unusual to
have three people who are in
that generation who are
absolutely off the grid and no
way to find them >
The wreck was not visable from
the road. And then Tuesday
morning a road worker grading
the gravel spotted the car.
< the grader sets
up high six feet high, so e
could see down in the areqa th
we couldn't see from cars.
Police dont' know how long they
were in the car before they
died.
Des Moines police need your help
finding a mother and her two
children. 33-year- old Jennifer
Abbott-Brickles... And her 10
month old twins Akire and Erika
haven't been seen since December
1st. They might be traveling in

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Missing Iowa teens found dead in crashed car

Police not sure how long teens were in car before dying

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Updated: 8:39 AM EST Dec 8, 2016

CLARKE COUNTY, Iowa —

Authorities reported that three teens missing out of Osceola were found dead in rural Clarke County, Iowa Tuesday.

Osceola Police Chief Marty Duffus said 16-year-old Elaina Critz, 16-year-old Lauren Barker and 19-year-old Jesse Robinson were found dead inside a car that went off the road and into a creek.

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Karen Robison said her best friend's child was one of the missing teens.

“I was just sick,” Robison said. “I'm still in shock. I don't know what to think right now. I’m sick.”

Edgar Porras said his best friend was one of the teenagers found in the car.

“No one every wants their best friend to go out like that,” Porras said. “It’s really crappy.”

Critz, Barker and Robinson disappeared around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Police said the teens stopped using their phones and social media accounts.

“It’s just unusual to have three people who are in that generation who are absolutely off the grid and no way to find them,” Duffus said.

Authorities said the teens were found by a road maintenance worker who happened to stop in the area. The road worker, who was working on a road grader, looked down into a culvert and saw a red Honda upside down in the water.

Police are not sure how long the teens were in the car before they died.

“What kills me inside is that what they had gone through, that they didn't die immediately,” Porras said. “It's just so crappy, man.”

Authorities said because the teenagers were found upside down in the car in the water, they are not sure if the teens drowned or died in the crash.